Railway-car.



E. J. HALL.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FIL'ED JAN. 24, 19-14.

1,1 96,946. PatenteflSept. 5, 1916;

2 SHEETS-SHEET1- I INVENTOR. WITNESSES. ELEE/PT u. HHLL J fl 1 H ATTORNEYS.

ms mmms PETERS cm. mammLnna. WASHINGTDN, I: c.

E. vJ; HALL.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24. 1914.

1,196,946. PatentedSept. 5,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' INVENTOR. WITNESSES u 5L BERT -J. HHL L M AQCWM /'//5 ATTORNEYS.

UNHED srarns PATENT orrrcn.

ELBEBT J. HALL, o wEsr BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

RAILWAY-cart.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Se t. 5, 1916.

Application filed anuary 24, 1914. Serial No. 814,101.

Cars, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to railway cars and particularly to internal combustion engme driven cars, but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to such type of car, but may be applied to the construction of steel or composite cars of all types.

One ofthe objects of the invention is to provide a car particularly adapted to' be directly driven by an internal combustion engine.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved car construction whlch produces a thoroughly braced car body.

The invention comprises other advantageous features, which, with the foregoing,

will be set forth at length in the following description, where I shall outline in full that form of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification.

The novelty of the invention will be 1ncluded in the claims succeeding said description. From this it will be apparent that I do not limit myself to the showing made by said drawings and specification, as I may adopt many variations within the scope of my invention as set forth in said claims.

Referring to said drawings: Figure l is a cross section. of the car of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line AA Fig. 1, showing the internal combustion engine.

The present invention relates particularly to the lower part of the body structure and consists principally in the arrangement and construction of the sills, bolsters and floor members of the car andthe position and arrangement of the engine. The car body comprises the side sills 2, of steel shapes, preferably channels with the flanges lying inwardly. These sills 2 preferably extend for the full length of the car body, except at those portions where the stairs or entrance ways are arranged. Arranged transversely of the car body are a plurality of beams 3, preferably in the form of steel channels,

which are secured at their ends to the side sills 2, by knee-plates 4, or other suitable forms of connection. The channels 3 are preferably arranged sothat the lower edges of the channels lie in the same plane as the lower edges of the side sills 2.

Arrangedbetween the side sills 2 are the intermediate sills 5-6, which preferably consist of I-beams. The intermediate sills are arranged below the side sillsand extend for the full length of the car. The cross channels 3 preferably rest. directly against the intermediate'sills and are secured thereto by suitable connecting means, such as the knee-plates 7 The intermediate sills are spaced from each other so that the distance between the sills is substantially equal to the distance from one intermediate sill to the adjacent side sill. The intermediate sills are preferably so placed that the center line of the sills occurs at the standard coupler height above the track, and the couplers 8 are directly connected to the intermediate sills at their ends. This arrangement permits the car to be coupled in a train and pulled, without subjecting the car body to any strain, all of the strain being transferred directly through the intermediate sills. This construction, in which the intermediate sills are spaced apart a considerable distance and in which they are depressed below the side sills, is particularly advantageous in motor cars which are directly driven by internal combustion engines 22. The engine base 23 rests directly on the intermediate sills, thereby placing the engine partly below the floor of the car and bringing the crank shaft 24 of the engine closer to the level of the car axles. The crank shaft of the engine lies substantially in the plane of or below the floor of the car, and the inclined dr ive shaft 25 connecting the engine with the running gear lies practically entirely below the floor. In railway motor car building such construction'possesses many advantages.

The carbolsters 9, which are arranged in the proper positions adjacent the ends of the car, are so shaped that they form trusses which materially strengthen the car con struction. The ends of the bolster engage under the side sills 2 and the upper plate or member 12 of the bolster passes over the intermediate sills and the lower plate or mem ber 13 engages the under sides of the inter mediate sills. The bolsters and sills are securely fastened together by bolts, rivets or other suitable means. Arranged between the upper and lower bolster plates and the intermediate sills is a flanged web plate 14, which, together with the bolster plates, forms the bearing for the king pin. Between the intermediate sills and the side sills are short steel shapes 15, which extend from the bolster to the adjacent end of the ear, forming tep supports, and between these step sup ports and the intermediate sills are arranged web plates 16 which assist in bracing and strengthening the bolster. Arranged below the ear bolster is the truck bolster 17 which is engaged by the king pin. 7

Secured to each cross channel 3 is a wood filler 18 which projects beyond the flanges of the channel and to which the floor is nailed. The floor is preferably a double floor, consisting of a lower floor 19 of'diagonally laid boards and an upper or finish floor of longitudinally laid boards 21. The lower floor is nailed to the wood fillers 18 and the upper floor is nailed to the lower floor. V

I claim:

1. In a railway car, side sills, cross beams extending across the car and connected to said side sills, intermediate sills arranged be-' low the cross beams, a floor having an aperture thereln arranged on sald cross beams and an internal combustion engine arranged in said aperture and mounted on said intermediate sills.

2. In a railway car, side sills, cross beams connected at their ends to said side sills, a floor supported on said cross beams, intermediate sills arranged below said cross beams, and an internal combustion engine mounted on said intermediate sills, the crank shaft of the engine lying substantially in the plane of the floor.

3. In a railway car, side sills, cross beams connected at their ends to said side sills, the lower faces of the beams lying substantially in the plane of the lower faces of the side sills, a floor supported on said cross beams, intermediate sills arranged below and secured to said cross beams, a trussed bolster secured to said intermediate sills and side sills, and an internal combustion engine mounted directly on said intermediate sills, the base of the engine lying below said floor.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Francisco, California, this 14th day of January, 1914.

ELBERT J. HALL.

In presence of H. G. Pnosr, J. B. GARDNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

